Candidates of the 2002 Victorian state election
# Candidates of the 2002 Victorian state election

The 2002 Victorian state election was held on 30 November 2002.

## Retiring Members

### Labor

* Alex Andrianopoulos MLA (Mill Park)
* Keith Hamilton MLA (Morwell)

### Liberal

* Robert Dean MLA (Berwick)
* Rob Maclellan MLA (Pakenham)
* John Richardson MLA (Forest Hill)
* Ross Smith MLA (Glen Waverley)
* Garry Spry MLA (Bellarine)
* Mark Birrell MLC (East Yarra)
* Bruce Chamberlain MLC (Western)
* Geoff Craige MLC (Central Highlands)
* John Ross MLC (Higinbotham)

### National

* Don Kilgour MLA (Shepparton)
* Barry Steggall MLA (Swan Hill)
* Ron Best MLC (North Western)
* Roger Hallam MLC (Western)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Greens candidates | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albert Park | Labor | John Thwaites | Virginia Browne (Lib) | John Middleton | Melanie Oke (Ind) |
| Altona | Labor | Lynne Kosky | Steve Lambrinakos (Lib) | Tony Briffa | |
| Ballarat East | Labor | Geoff Howard | Gerard FitzGerald (Lib) | Scott Kinnear | Valiant Halborg (CEC) Suresh Pathy (Ind) |
| Ballarat West | Labor | Karen Overington | Judy Verlin (Lib) | Faye Backstrom | Rob Donker (CDP) Geoff Sullivan (Ind) |
| Bass | Liberal | John Anderson | Ken Smith (Lib) | Nikki Ludlow | Susan Davies (Ind) Kay Nesbit (Ind) |
| Bayswater | Liberal | Peter Lockwood | Gordon Ashley (Lib) | Jill Bannan | |
| Bellarine | Liberal | Lisa Neville | Frank Kelloway | Catherine Jones | |
| Benalla | Labor | Denise Allen | Andrew Dwyer (Lib) Bill Sykes* (Nat) | Peter Stewart | |
| Benambra | Liberal | Barb Murdoch | Tony Plowman* (Lib) Geoff Reid (Nat) | Helen Lucas | Hannah Seymour (CDP) |
| Bendigo East | Labor | Jacinta Allan | Lisa Ruffell (Lib) Tracee Spiby (Nat) | David Petersen | |
| Bendigo West | Labor | Bob Cameron | Geoff Austerberry (Lib) Robin Taylor (Nat) | Doug Ralph | |
| Bentleigh | Liberal | Rob Hudson | Inga Peulich (Lib) | Penny Mitchell | Simon Hall (CEC) |
| Box Hill | Liberal | Robert Chong | Robert Clark (Lib) | Helen Harris | |
| Brighton | Liberal | Rachelle Sapir | Louise Asher (Lib) | Clive Davies | |
| Broadmeadows | Labor | John Brumby | Bentleigh Gibson (Lib) | Karin Geradts | Joseph Kaliniy (Ind) Sleiman Yohanna (CEC) |
| Brunswick | Labor | Carlo Carli | Rebecca Gauci (Lib) | Pamela Curr | Steven Bird (CEC) Judy McVey (SA) Tony Morton (Ind) Ken Taylor (Ind) |
| Bulleen | Liberal | Chris Miras | Nicholas Kotsiras (Lib) | Matthew Wright | |
| Bundoora | Labor | Sherryl Garbutt | Melanie Randall (Lib) | Gayle McDonald | Walter Mellado (CEC) |
| Burwood | Labor | Bob Stensholt | Di Rule (Lib) | Josephine Lee | Tom Morrissey (Ind) |
| Carrum | Labor | Jenny Lindell | Ross MacInnes (Lib) | Darren Bujeya | Michael Good (Ind) |
| Caulfield | Liberal | Harry Simon | Helen Shardey (Lib) | Ronen Becker | |
| Clayton | Labor | Hong Lim | Andrew Wong (Lib) | George Kirby | Daniel Berk (Dem) |
| Cranbourne | Labor | Jude Perera | Gary Rowe (Lib) | Gareth Kennedy | Heather Stanton (CEC) |
| Dandenong | Labor | John Pandazopoulos | John Kelly (Lib) | Maree Kelly | Janet Cox (Ind) Earle Keegel (Ind) |
| Derrimut | Labor | Telmo Languiller | Adrian Lim (Lib) | | Andre Kozlowski (CEC) |
| Doncaster | Liberal | Kate Dunn | Victor Perton (Lib) | Kerry Dawborn | |
| Eltham | Liberal | Steve Herbert | Wayne Phillips (Lib) | Merinda Gray | |
| Essendon | Labor | Judy Maddigan | Steve Reynolds (Lib) | Victor Lewis-Hansom | Colin Horne (CEC) |
| Evelyn | Liberal | Heather McTaggart | Christine Fyffe (Lib) | Rob Hay | Gabriela Byrne (Ind) |
| Ferntree Gully | Liberal | Anne Eckstein | Hurtle Lupton (Lib) | Stephen Bullock | |
| Footscray | Labor | Bruce Mildenhall | Conrad D'Souza (Lib) | Janet Rice | Catherine Cumming (Ind) Justine Kamprad (SA) Martin Nguyen (Ind) |
| Forest Hill | Liberal | Kirstie Marshall | Vasan Srinivasan (Lib) | Adam Pepper | Rodney Campbell (Ind) Noel Spurr (Ind) |
| Frankston | Liberal | Alistair Harkness | Andrea McCall (Lib) | Henry Kelsall | Carolyn Chapple (CEC) |
| Geelong | Liberal | Ian Trezise | Stretch Kontelj (Lib) | Elsie Teer | Andrea Battistella (Ind) Miles Hodge (Ind) Richard Nixon (Ind) |
| Gembrook | Liberal | Tammy Lobato | Neil Lucas (Lib) | Noel Ridgway | Frank Dean (Ind) |
| Gippsland East | Independent | Terry Grange | Darren Chester (Nat) Leigh Dent (Lib) | Kevin Thiele | Ben Buckley (Ind) Craig Ingram* (Ind) Jacqueline McKeown (Ind) |
| Gippsland South | National | Gregg Cook | Jim Forbes (Lib) Peter Ryan* (Nat) | Chris Aitken | |
| Hastings | Liberal | Rosy Buchanan | Neale Burgess (Lib) | Willem Olivier | Henry Broadbent (CEC) |
| Hawthorn | Liberal | Avis Meddings | Ted Baillieu (Lib) | Tania Giles | |
| Ivanhoe | Labor | Craig Langdon | Peter Nolan (Lib) | Glen Doreian | Martin Appleby (Ind) Anna Morton (Ind) Gary Schorel-Hlavka (Ind) |
| Keilor | Labor | George Seitz | Darren Buller (Lib) | Steve Nosal | |
| Kew | Liberal | Maree Williams | Andrew McIntosh (Lib) | Cheryl Clark | Mary Dettman (Dem) |
| Kilsyth | Liberal | Dympna Beard | Lorraine Elliott (Lib) | Lorraine Leach | |
| Kororoit | Labor | Andre Haermeyer | Joe Fenech (Lib) | | Amanda George (Ind) Bernard Reilly (Ind) |
| Lara | Labor | Peter Loney | Linda Ristevski (Lib) | Kim Baranowski | Brigitte Ellery (SA) |
| Lowan | National | Charles Williams | Hugh Delahunty* (Nat) Howard Templeton (Lib) | David Brain | |
| Lyndhurst | Labor | Tim Holding | Alan Hood (Lib) | Theos Patrinos | Gordon Ford (Ind) |
| Macedon | Liberal | Joanne Duncan | Bernie Finn (Lib) | Marcus Ward | Bradley Scott (CEC) |
| Malvern | Liberal | Rolf Sorensen | Robert Doyle (Lib) | Robert Trafficante | Norman Pollack (Ind) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Bronwyn Pike | Sue Bourke (Lib) | Richard Di Natale | Jeremy Beck (CEC) Michael Cebon (Ind) Kevin Chamberlin (Ind) Maxine Fensom (Ind) Arun Pradhan (SA) |
| Melton | Labor | Don Nardella | Richard Gough (Lib) | Ken Stewart | John Goodman (Ind) John Hyett (Ind) Frank McColl (Ind) Terry Muscat (Ind) |
| Mildura | Independent | John Zigouras | Tom Crouch (Nat) Stan Sleep (Lib) | Bruce Rivendell | Tony Cursaro (Ind) Russell Savage* (Ind) |
| Mill Park | Labor | Lily D'Ambrosio | Lucas Kostadinoski (Lib) | Berhan Ahmed | Brian Mawhinney (Dem) |
| Mitcham | Labor | Tony Robinson | Russell Hannan (Lib) | Bill Pemberton | Liz Turner (Ind) Kaele Way (Ind) |
| Monbulk | Liberal | James Merlino | Steve McArthur (Lib) | Craig Smith | Tony Holland (Dem) Wolf Voigt (CDP) |
| Mordialloc | Liberal | Janice Munt | Geoff Leigh (Lib) | Shaun Monagle | Frank Gigliotti (CEC) |
| Mornington | Liberal | Judith Graley | Robin Cooper (Lib) | Paula Johnson | |
| Morwell | Labor | Brendan Jenkins | Diane Blackwood (Lib) Jenny Hammett (Nat) | Catheryn Thompson | Harry Alexander (Ind) Brad Platschinda (Ind) |
| Mount Waverley | Liberal | Maxine Morand | Ron Wilson (Lib) | John Poppins | Therese Bennett (Dem) Matthew Bond (Ind) |
| Mulgrave | Labor | Daniel Andrews | Chris Kelly (Lib) | Colin Smith | Dikran Chabdjian (Ind) |
| Murray Valley | National | Lauren O'Neill | Ken Jasper* (Nat) Don Joyce (Lib) | Trisha Scott | |
| Narracan | Liberal | Ian Maxfield | Ian Needham (Nat) Karen Stoll (Lib) | Kate Jackson | Tony Sayers (Ind) |
| Narre Warren North | Liberal | Luke Donnellan | Maree Luckins (Lib) | Glen Haywood | |
| Narre Warren South | Liberal | Dale Wilson | Michael Shepherdson (Lib) | Thom Lyons | |
| Nepean | Liberal | Carole Ford | Martin Dixon (Lib) | David De Rango | |
| Niddrie | Labor | Rob Hulls | Susan Jennison (Lib) | Matthew Klugman | Pat Crea (DLP) |
| Northcote | Labor | Mary Delahunty | Graham Watt (Lib) | Sarah Nicholson | Paul Gallagher (CEC) Jackie Lynch (SA) |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Ann Barker | Peter Goudge (Lib) | Ollie Bennett | Tina Skouzis (Ind) |
| Pascoe Vale | Labor | Christine Campbell | Steve Clancy (Lib) | Peter Elgood | Craig Isherwood (CEC) |
| Polwarth | Liberal | Steve Gartland | Doug Chant (Nat) Terry Mulder* (Lib) | Natalie Atherden | Andrew Mitchell (Ind) |
| Prahran | Liberal | Tony Lupton | Leonie Burke (Lib) | Dinesh Mathew | John Gourlay (Dem) Abraham Lincoln (Ind) |
| Preston | Labor | Michael Leighton | Lawrence Dean (Lib) | Chris Chaplin | Noelene Isherwood (CEC) |
| Richmond | Labor | Richard Wynne | Paul Teiwes (Lib) | Gemma Pinnell | Stephen Jolly (Ind) Paul Mees (Ind) |
| Ripon | Labor | Joe Helper | Rob de Fegely (Lib) Kevin Erwin (Nat) | Phil Millar | John McCallum (Ind) |
| Rodney | National | Malcolm McCullough | Simon Frost (Lib) Noel Maughan* (Nat) | Peter Williams | Greg Toll (Ind) |
| Sandringham | Liberal | Justin Caruana | Murray Thompson (Lib) | Sam Watkins | Nicholas Eden (Ind) |
| Scoresby | Liberal | Pollyanne Williams | Kim Wells (Lib) | Genevieve O'Connell | |
| Seymour | Labor | Ben Hardman | Mike Dalmau (Lib) | Chelsea McNab | |
| Shepparton | National | Alan Calder | Stephen Merrylees (Lib) Jeanette Powell* (Nat) | John Griffiths | Chris Hazelman (Ind) |
| South Barwon | Liberal | Michael Crutchfield | Alister Paterson (Lib) | Iain Lygo | Eric Bullmore (Ind) Andrew Hepner (Ind) |
| South-West Coast | Liberal | Roy Reekie | Gerald Madden (Nat) Denis Napthine* (Lib) | Gillian Blair | |
| Swan Hill | National | Graeme Hill | Suellen Tomamichel (Lib) Peter Walsh* (Nat) | Jacquie Kelly | Rob Sonogan (Ind) |
| Tarneit | Labor | Mary Gillett | James Hanrahan (Lib) | | Christine Hudson (Ind) |
| Thomastown | Labor | Peter Batchelor | Adam Woolcock (Lib) | Zhivan Rendevski | |
| Warrandyte | Liberal | Jarrod Panther | Phil Honeywood (Lib) | Barry Watson | Tim Petherbridge (HPA) |
| Williamstown | Labor | Steve Bracks | Alan Evers-Buckland (Lib) | Michele Finey | John Westbury (Ind) |
| Yan Yean | Liberal | Danielle Green | Matthew Guy (Lib) | Patrick Vaughan | Simon Steer (CEC) |
| Yuroke | Labor | Liz Beattie | Robert Dunstan (Lib) | | Tanzir Chowdhury (CEC) |

## Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

| Province | Held by | Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Greens candidates | Democrats candidates | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ballarat | Labor | John McQuilten | Helen Bath (Lib) | Cherie Bridges | Geoff Lutz | |
| Central Highlands | Liberal | Rob Mitchell | Cath Marriott (Lib) Rozi Parisotto (Nat) | Janet MacKenzie | Jos Vandersman | |
| Chelsea | Liberal | Matt Viney | Vanthilda Lao (Lib) | Hilary Bray | Wendy Thacker | |
| Doutta Galla | Labor | Monica Gould | Christina Tutone (Lib) | Jules Beckwith | Robert Livesay | |
| East Yarra | Liberal | Tom Wilson | David Davis (Lib) | Peter Campbell | Kent Winzer | Bill French (Ind) Ronald Haack (HPA) |
| East Yarra | Liberal | Will Fowles | Richard Dalla-Riva (Lib) | Wendy Salter | Ari Sharp | |
| Eumemmering | Liberal | Adem Somyurek | Mick Morland (Lib) | Val Kay | | |
| Geelong | Liberal | John Eren | Ian Cover (Lib) | Bruce Murray | Erica Menheere-Thompson | Alan Barron (CDP) Val Nicholls (Ind) |
| Gippsland | National | Don Wishart | Peter Hall* (Nat) Peter Tyler (Lib) | Madelon Lane | Jo McCubbin | |
| Higinbotham | Liberal | Noel Pullen | Michael Heffernan (Lib) | Tony McDermott | Derek Wilson | |
| Jika Jika | Labor | Theo Theophanous | Thomas Flitner (Lib) | Alexandra Bhathal | Jess Healy | |
| Koonung | Liberal | Helen Buckingham | Gerald Ashman (Lib) | Mick Kir | | Jenny Manassa (HPA) |
| Melbourne | Labor | Gavin Jennings | Michael Christo (Lib) | Robyn Evans | Danii Coric | |
| Melbourne North | Labor | Candy Broad | Henry Buch (Lib) | David Cuthbertson | Penelope Robertson | |
| Melbourne West | Labor | Sang Nguyen | Peter Hammond (Lib) | Andrew Ellis | Barry Thomas | |
| Monash | Liberal | Johan Scheffer | Peter Katsambanis (Lib) | Jo Lewis | David Zemdegs | |
| North Eastern | National | Jackie Crothers | Kerrin Chambers (Nat) Wendy Lovell* (Lib) | Carol Kunert | Leanne Pleash | Phil Seymour (CDP) |
| North Western | National | Marg Lewis | Damian Drum* (Nat) Peter Kennedy (Lib) | Julie Rivendell | | Laurie Whelan (Ind) |
| Silvan | Liberal | Carolyn Hirsh | Wendy Smith (Lib) | Michael Abson | Tony Carden | Leo Tischler (HPA) |
| Templestowe | Liberal | Lidia Argondizzo | Carlo Furletti (Lib) | Robyn Roberts | | Lee-Anne Poynton (HPA) Reginald Temple (Ind) |
| Waverley | Labor | John Lenders | Denise McGill (Lib) | Heather Welsh | Polly Morgan | |
| Western | Liberal | Lesley Jackson | John Vogels* (Lib) Greg Walcott (Nat) | Viola Spokes | | |
| Western | National | Stephen Clegg | David Koch* (Lib) David Miller (Nat) | Sally-Anne Brown | | |
| Western Port | Liberal | Geoff Hilton | Cameron Boardman (Lib) | Ian Hutchison | | |
